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20. Army of Darkness

Scarlet - 8
Inviso - 10
Karo - 10
JONA - 13
KBM - 14
Snake - 26
Johnbobb - 35
Charon - 37
Genny - 38

Scarlet - A great tribute to the Harryhausen movies of yore, Army of Darkness is one step removed from the Evil Dead films that came before it, relying on the undeniable charisma of Bruce Campbell to transport the fans from beginning to end. As a ride, its goofy, its messy, its maybe even downright bad at times, but its entertaining more often than its not. That comes from a script that takes nothing seriously except the charm of Bruce Campbell. Extremely quotable, and endlessly engaging, this movie is close to being an extended piece of dark sketch comedy, almost completely forsaking the horror roots of the first two installments of the Evil Dead franchise in favor of fun, occasionally mindless, entertainment.
Rating: 69/100

Inviso - This is a great B-movie. Bruce Campbells Ash is an amazing protagonist, because he has that perfect amount of I dont give a fuck about ANY of this shit that helps to really sell the absurdity of the situation hes in. Its a lot like Rowdy Roddy Piper in They Live. When you have a badass action hero who couldnt possibly care less about the plot, it frees them up to do hilariously stupid shit, and say awesome one-liners. Now, is Army of Darkness the cleverest movie? Nodefinitely not. But its right up my alley. You know from prior rankings that I can enjoy a good, cheesy movie. And this is cheesy as hell. Its just fun to throw an I dont give a fuck modern guy into a scenario where hes forced to survive life in medieval times, while simultaneously bringing a chainsaw, a shotgun, and a car, all into play with the backwater peasants. Oh, and the ending is a perfect mix of awesome and cheesy to cap off the film. Very very fun.

Karo - Some dumbass who fucks around with the Necronomicon gets sent back in time to one of the little-known feudal kingdoms that existed in medieval southern california. These knights send Ash on a quest for the Necronomicon again for reasons and the movie goes completely off the deep end and turns into Looney Tunes as mini-Ashes subject our one-handed protagonist to less-than-funny slapstick violence. It is a film that requires a certain mindset to enjoy, lest the more quirky or strange elements get dismissed as utter stupidity. Nevertheless, it lacks the finesse and semi-grounding in reality that similar comedic movies such as Pirates of the Caribbean have, and thus keeps it from reaching its full potential, as does a hero that spends way too much time crossing the line between lovable asshole and regular asshole.

JONA - I dig the Middle Ages setting and seeing Ash interact with people of that time. Its a goofy movie with goofy action and comedy but also a lot of fun.

KBM - My personal favorite of the Evil Dead series, and one of my favorite Sam Raimi movies in general, Army of Darkness is the one that really takes the time to revel in the campiness of its setting and premise. I love its use of the Dark Ages setting, its wild, scattershot sense of humor, and its unbridled creativity. I love how different it is from the rest of the series, thereby not feeling beholden to the rules of the rest of the movies and feeling like a freer, more surrealist and experimental product. Though there are a couple of comedy scenes that can get a bit overly-silly (for instance, the sequence with dozens of tiny Bruce Campbell's climbing out of a broken mirror), on the whole this ends up being one of the freshest, most original living-dead flicks that I can name.
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